TV220 Episode 51

Content warning: The video segment "Art Society" includes themes of necrophilia at 0:19:44. Contents of the full episode include "Whispers Whispers" by Dr. T, a spoken poem by David Wolfman played over animated video (0:0:41); "Head Feed," an animation by Heather Sylvester with soundtrack by Ken Gauvin (0:2:51); "One Man's Castle," a short documentary about Castle Cinema, a small neighborhood theater in Providence on Chalkstone Avenue that opened in 1925, featuring an interview with Ralph Quito, the owner of the theater, who discusses his experience working in movie theaters across Providence, the unionization of movie theater projector operators, neighborhood change, and the struggling small movie theater industry (0:3:30); "Art Society," excerpts of a comedic sketch from EARP & WHITNEY by Voo Doo Productions, featuring satirical profiles of avant garde artists including using human cadavers as sculptural material (0:16:30); "Oh no", "You're Pretty", & "Hey," three short films and sound experiments by Aida Ruilova featuring people walking across electric guitars, caressing an amp, ribbing a record against a stone wall, and tapping fingernails on a bannister (0:20:53); "Lady of the Lake," an animated video by Tereza Flaxman in which a naked woman emerges from a lake into sublime surroundings and creates a star (0:22:38); excerpts from ROBERTA by Maria Scaglione, in which a person winds a toy bird in a gilded cage and listens to the birdsong it plays (0:23:48); credits, featuring an abstract animation of swirling colorful patterns by Jason Macierowski (0:24:32).
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